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Mahavastu [sanskrit verse and prose]
177,961 words | ISBN-10: 8120804813 | ISBN-13: 9788120804814
The Sanskrit edition of the Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition includes the verses as well as the prose sections. Original title: Mahāvastu-avādana (महावस्तु-अवादन), Mahāvastvavādana (महावस्त्ववादन, mahavastvavadana).
Section 1.37
sevitaṃ vasumate mahānagare yaṃ mahājanakāyena śrotavyaṃ śraddhātavyaṃ manyensuḥ // atha khalu mahāmaudgalyāyana nandaṃ bhikṣuṃ vasumate mahānagare brāhmaṇagṛhapatikā uttiyo ca śreṣṭhī na bhūyo tathā satkaritavyaṃ gurukartavyaṃ mānayitavyaṃ pūjayitavyaṃ manyensuḥ yathā pūrvaṃ / labhyaṃ satpuruṣā pratyāgacchanti akuśalena karmaṇā vipratisārī bhavanti // atha khalu mahāmaudgalyāyana abhiyasya bhikṣusya etad abhūṣi // nando bhikṣu vītarāgo vigatadoṣo vigatamoho araho mahābhāgo so ca maye īrṣyāprakṛtena abhūtenābrahmacaryavādena anudhvaṃsito // mayā bahuṃ apuṇyaṃ prasūtaṃ // yan nūnāhaṃ nandaṃ bhikṣuṃ kṣamāpeyaṃ bhagavato ca sarvābhibhusya antike atyayaṃ deśeyaṃ // atha khalu mahāmaudgalyāyana abhiyo bhikṣu nandaṃ bhikṣuṃ kṣamāpayām āsa bhagavato ca sarvābhibhūsya antike atyayaṃ deśeti // atha khalu mahāmaudgalyāyana abhiyo bhikṣuḥ yena uttiyo śreṣṭhis tenopasaṃkramitvā uttiyaṃ śreṣṭhim etat avocat* // iccheyam ahaṃ gṛhapati bhagavato sarvābhibhūsya saśrāvakasaṃghasya adhikāraṃ kartuṃ dehi me arthamātraṃ // adāsi mahāmaudgalyāyana uttiyo śreṣṭhi abhiyasya bhikṣusya prabhūtaṃ hiraṇyaṃ suvarṇaṃ tadanye pi gṛhapatimahāśālāḥ